Water-closet connection.



No. 870,085. PATENTED NOV. 5, 1001.

J.J.GOSGROVE.

WATER CLOSET CONNECTION.

APPLICATION FILED 00125. 1000.

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JOSEPH J. COSGROVE, OF SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO STANDARDSANITARY MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ACORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

WATER-CLOSET CONNECTION.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 5, 1907.

Application filed October 25. 1906. Serial No. 340,545-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Josnrn J. Cosenovn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Scranton, inthe county of Lackawanna and State ofPennsylvania, have invented .certain new and useful Improvements inWater- Closet Connections, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to soil pipe connections for metallic waterclosets, and has for its obj eet the provision of a novel allmetallicconnection between the outlet passage of the bowl of a metallic Watercloset and the soil pipe.

Heretofore many expedients have been resorted to for the purpose ofsecuring an air tight and water tight 3 connection of the soil pipe tothe outlet passage of an all metallic water closet, the one mostcommonly employed being to interpose between these parts some form ofcement or an elastic washer, but these types of connection areobjectionable owing to the diliiculty of making a tight joint,particularly where the longitudinal axis of the outlet passage is at anangle to the longitudinal axis of the drain pipe, such alinement beingdifficult to secure owing to the fact that the soil pipe is placed inposition in the floor during the construction 3 of the building, whilethe water closet is placed in position after the floor has been laid.

ln carrying my invention into effect I provide an allmetallic closetwith an integral metallic spigot at the extremity of the outlet passageof the closet which projects below the closet base and seats in aflanged bell or socket attached to the soil pipe, the spigot beingspherical on its external surface and the bell or socket being formedwith a spherical seat to receive the spigot, the contacting surfaces ofthe spigot and seat being preferably ground so as to secure a metal tometal contact and an air and water tight joint. In order to connect thebell or socket carried by the soil pipe with the closet bowl, I providethe bell or socket with a laterally extending flange which is pierced atappropriate points for the passage of bolts which pass through saidflange and through a flange which is formed integral with the closetbowl and constitutes the base of the same.

In the accompanying drawing illustrating my invention; Figure 1, is avertical transverse sectional view of a part of a water closet bowl andpart of a soil pipe connected together by means of my improvement. Fig.2, is a similar view with the bowl and soil pipe separated.

The bowl or closet proper is designated 1, and may be of any desiredform and construction and is provided with the base 2, having thedepending flange 3, at its edges, this flange resting on the floor 4,and being pierced at 5, 5, for the passage of bolts 6, 6, which carrynuts 7, 7, by means of which the closet is attached to the laterallyextending flange 8, formed integral with the bell or socket 9, whichlatter is carried by the soil pipe 10, being preferably attached theretoby a wiped joint as shown at 11. The bowl or closet 1, is provided withthe outlet passage 12, this outlet passage being located as usual aboutcentrally of the bowl and the lower extremity of the outlet passageterminates in a spigot 13, which projects below the floor line, that is,below the bottom of flange 3.

The external surface of the spigot 13, is spherical as at 14, beingformed on the are of a sphere having its center at or about a point Xand the bell or socket 9, is formed with a seat 16, which is sphericaland formed on the same are as the spigot, so that the spigot will fitaccurately in the seat, and the contacting surfaces being ground, willinsure an air tight and water tight joint, whether or not thelongitudinal axis of the spigot and the bell or socket are in a straightline one with the other, the spigot fitting the bell or socket in themanner of a ball and socket joint.

I claim- 1. The combination with a water closet having an outlet passageand a soil pipe, of an integral spigot extend ing from said outletpassage and terminating in an externally spherical end, and a hell orsocket carried by the drain pipe and formed with a spherical seat whichreceives the convex end of the spigot. v

2. The combination with a water closet bowl having a laterally extendingbase, and having an outlet passage terminating in a spherical spigotend, of a soil pipe, a hell or socket carried by the soil pipe, saidhell or socket being formed with a spherical seat to receive the spigotend of the outlet passage of the bowl and being formed with a laterallyextending flange and bolts passing through the base of the bowl andthrough the flange of the bell or socket.

3. The combination of a water closet and a soil pipe having aball-and-socket joint connection with each other.

4. A water closet having a spherical projection constituting anextension of its outlet passage and adapted to form a coupling member.

5. The combination with a water closet bowl having :1

JOSEPH J. COSGROVE.

Witnesses:

CLYDE B. WEIKERT, TI-ros. A. CONNOLLY.

